Scientific missions at CSG
The Guiana Space Centre has hosted many probes, scientific missions and other payloads that have made a significant contribution to understanding more about our Universe. Here are the main scientific missions for observing the Solar System and the Universe which were, or will soon be, launched from Kourou.
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Scientific missions for observing the Solar System and the Universe associated with CSG
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Nom |
Vol |
Date |
Mission
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GIOTTO |
14 |
07/02/1985 |
To fly over and observe Comets Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup |
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HIPPARCOS |
33 |
08/08/1989 |
To map the stars in the sky |
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ISO |
80 |
11/17/1995 |
Infrared space telescope |
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CLUSTER |
88 |
06/04/1996 |
To study the interaction between the Earth and the solar wind (launcher failed) |
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XMM-NEWTON |
119 |
12/10/1999 |
X-ray space telescope |
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SMART-1 |
162 |
09/27/2003 |
To observe the Moon and catalogue its constituent chemical elements |
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ROSETTA |
158 |
03/02/2004 |
To observe and analyse samples from the Comet Churyumov Gerasimenko |
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HERSCHEL |
188 |
May 2009 |
Infrared space telescope (successor to ISO) |
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PLANCK |
188 |
May 2009 |
To map the sky’s cosmic microwave background radiation |
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LISA PATHFINDER |
Vega |
end 2010 |
To detect gravitational waves (LISA feasibility study) |
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GAIA |
Soyuz |
end 2011 |
To map the stars in the sky (successor to HIPPARCOS) |
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JWST |
Ariane |
mid 2013 |
Visible and infrared space telescope (successor to Hubble) |
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EXOMARS |
Ariane |
end 2013 |
To observe and analyse the surface of the planet Mars |
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BEPICOLOMBO |
Soyuz |
mid 2014 |
To observe the planet Mercury |
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SOLAR ORBITER |
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2017 |
To observe the Sun and the heliosphere |
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LISA |
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2017 |
To detect gravitational waves |
| Previous: Night of the stars |
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Next: The Herschel Planck mission |
